Mike Tyson slips off his black leather jacket and takes a white homing pigeon from Luthor Nelson’s hands. The former boxer — and pigeon fancier — easily tosses it up with one hand. Then he helps open ...

The bizarre, beautiful and, at times, almost comical diversity of “fancy pigeons” is captured here by photographer Luisa Maria Stagno. The much maligned pigeons we all know, which are ubiquitous in ...

The common street pigeon is packed with recessive traits that produce more than 500 different breeds within the same species. The Grand National pigeon show is where these birds, and their owners, ...

ONTARIO, Calif. — Mike Tyson slips off his black leather jacket and takes a white homing pigeon from Luthor Nelson’s hands. The former boxer — and pigeon fancier — easily tosses it up with one hand.

Welcome to the world of fancy pigeons. — -- Some 7,844 pigeons gathered this weekend at the 93rd annual Grand National Pigeon Show, and not one was the average street bird. Welcome to the world ...

The Jacobin pigeon is one of approximately 350 breeds of domesticated pigeon around the world. Most such breeds descend from the wild rock pigeon (Columba livia). Pigeon fanciers have created ...

Fancy pigeons — a popular pet among bird enthusiasts and show competitors — are being released in large numbers in Manheim Township. Although at least some of the colorful birds have been traced to a ...